Supreme Court Clerks
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Clerkships, John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #2)
Here’s a quick follow-up on Wednesday’s post, reporting on Supreme Court clerk hiring for October Term 2008. That’s not the Term whose clerks will start showing up for work next month — the October Term 2007 clerks are listed here — but the Term after that. Interestingly enough, the two justices thought most likely to […] -
Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #1)
The Supreme Court hasn’t yet finished up for October Term 2006 (which should end tomorrow). The law clerks for October Term 2007 will start arriving next month. But many of them have already started hiring clerks for October Term 2008. We reported on some of those hires back in this post. And now we have […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Skaddenfreude, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They Now?
In our recent New York Times op-ed piece on Supreme Court clerkship bonuses, we argued that “[f]rom a narrowly economic point of view — focusing on the actual work the clerks will perform, and setting aside the law firms’ quest for prestige and bragging rights — it is difficult to understand why firms fight for […]
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Supreme Court Clerks
Todd Peppers and Artemus Ward on SCOTUS Clerk Bonuses
These guys wrote the book — actually, two books — on Supreme Court clerks. So what do they think of outsized Supreme Court clerkship bonuses? Check out their views over at the WSJ Law Blog. P.S. Now we’re up to number 16! Supreme Court Clerks $250,000 Clerkship Bonuses. Discuss. [WSJ Law Blog] -
Supreme Court Clerks
Best Response to SCOTUS Bonus Babies
We’ve received a number of interesting responses to our recent NYT op-ed on Supreme Court clerkship bonuses. We’ll probably respond to some of them in a subsequent post. For now, we’ll just share with you this one reader email: HERE’S A TIP Re “BONUS BABIES” LOVE THOSE BONUS BABIES WHO WERE CLERKING FOR THE COURT […] -
Media and Journalism, New York Times, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Bonus Babies: We're on the List!
O happy day! Our New York Times op-ed piece, praising the lavish bonuses bestowed upon Supreme Court clerks, has made the Most Emailed Articles list: Thanks to all of you who have visited the NYT homepage and emailed this article to your friends and loved ones. And thanks to the bloggers who have linked to […] -
Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, New York Times, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Shameless Plugs, Skaddenfreude, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
The Supreme Court's Bonus Babies
A more detailed (but equally shameless) plug will follow tomorrow. For now, please check out this article: Then email it to, say, fifty of your closest friends. We are desperately trying to crack the NYT’s “Most Emailed Articles” list. Much thanks. See you tomorrow! The Supreme Court’s Bonus Babies [The New York Times] -
Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Shameless Plugs, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Welcoming New Members of the Elect
In addition to our ATL work, we write freelance pieces for print publications. In the current issue of Washingtonian magazine, we have a short write-up about the incoming class of Supreme Court clerks. Here’s the lede: After the Supreme Court enters its summer recess this month, a new wave of eager young legal scholars in […] - Sponsored
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Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: October Term 2008
We’ve received some news about Supreme Court law clerk hiring for October Term 2008 (not the upcoming Term, but the one after that): 1. We had heard, through the grapevine, that Justice Antonin Scalia had started his OT 2008 interviewing earlier than usual. And it appears to have yielded at least one hire: Yaakov Roth […] -
Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Justice Thomas To Be Played By Holly Hunter in SCOTUS Motion Picture
If you’ve done any significant amount of appellate work, surely you’ve argued before one of THOSE judges. A judge who asks questions at oral argument just for the sake of asking questions. A jurist in love with the sound of his or her own voice. They can be entertaining or exasperating, depending upon whether you’re […] -
Biglaw, Carter Phillips, John Roberts, Kids, Legal Ethics, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
The Women of One First Street: Some SCOTUS Scuttlebutt
We’re a little late on this (and blame our tardiness on associate pay fixation). But here are two interesting tidbits of Supreme Court gossip, from Tony Mauro of the Legal Times: 1. Carter Phillips’ Kin Is Alito Clerk [Legal Times] One of Justice Samuel Alito’s incoming clerks, Jessica Phillips — who has been described as […] -
John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, William Rehnquist
Justice John Paul Stevens: He Likes 'Em Young
When it comes to law clerks, that is. In other words, Justice Stevens does not subscribe to the trend of hiring Supreme Court clerks who are several years out of law school, with a few years of practice under their belts. As JPS explains in an interesting interview in The Third Branch, which a tipster […] -
Feminism, Gender, Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
October Term 2007 Clerk Hiring: A Request for Information
We’re interested in figuring out how many law clerks for the upcoming Supreme Court Term, October Term 2007, are women or minorities. But we don’t know all these folks personally (much as we might like to). So we need your help. After the jump, you’ll see a list of the Supreme Court clerks for OT […]
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Biglaw, Kevin Newsom, Musical Chairs, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Musical Chairs: Alabama SG Kevin Newsom to Bradley Arant
All of this porn talk is making us feel dirty. So let’s turn our attention to more wholesome subjects. Like the squeaky-clean Kevin Newsom, a devoted husband and father, and one of the country’s best appellate advocates. Newsom — who clerked for our former boss, Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain (9th Cir.), and Justice David H. Souter […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
October Term 2007 Clerk Hiring: Filling in the Blanks
Our recent post about Supreme Court clerk hiring for October 2007 generated a wealth of tips — just as we hoped it would. You drew our attention to a number of future clerks whose hirings were not reflected in our last listing. Like Leslie Kendrick, a former Rhodes scholar and current Wilkinson clerk. We like […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
October Term 2007 Clerk Hiring: It's Almost Over (If It Isn't Already)
The ranks of the Elect, while small, are constantly expanding. We have some new information about a few more folks hired to serve as Supreme Court law clerks for October Term 2007. Some of this news isn’t truly “new,” since the clerks in question were hired a while ago. But it’s new to ATL, since […] -
Biglaw, Money, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerkship Bonuses: What Do You Think?
The issue of hefty signing bonuses for Supreme Court clerks has generated lively discussion in the comments, as well as on other blogs. You clearly have strong views on the subject — and we’re curious about them. So it’s time for one of ATL’s (hugely unscientific) reader polls: Get Free Opinion Polls Lithwick on the […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Dahlia Lithwick, Money, SCOTUS, Skaddenfreude, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks: Do They Live Up to the Hype?
Or, perhaps more importantly, their $200,000 signing bonuses? That’s the question Dahlia Lithwick takes on in her recent Jurisprudence column for Slate. The sums in question are even larger than Lithwick notes. She writes: That will be [a] $200,000 [bonus] on top of a starting salary of $145,000 to $160,000. Which adds up to an […] -
Contests, Federal Judges, Jon Newman, Reader Polls, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Your January 2007 Couple of the Month
Kristina Daugirdas and Nicholas Bagley made a valiant effort in our Couple of the Month contest. Over time, they narrowed the gap between themselves and the leading couple considerably. But in the end, it wasn’t enough — especially since the leading couple, which started off and remained in the lead throughout the contest, included a […] -
Alice Fisher, Crime, Department of Justice, Musical Chairs, Supreme Court Clerks, William Burck
Musical Chairs: More Info About Bill Burck
Former Sullivan & Cromwell associates take many different career paths. Some join smaller firms or go in-house; some file lawsuits against S&C; and some join government service. Last week we wrote about the high-powered William A. Burck (OT 1999/Kennedy), who has had his ticket punched by some of the legal world’s top employers: Sullivan & […]